Every Home A Fort, Every Man A Warrior [signed]

TABLE OF CONTENTS: INTRODUCTION: An unbroken wilderness -- 1.) Captain Samuel Mason: the criminal commander -- 2.) The murders at Baker's Tavern -- 3.) 'Forting-up' -- 4.) The 'public' forts -- 5.) The 'family' forts and blockhouses: 5a.) Hancock County (WV) -- 5b.) Brooke County (WV) -- 5c.) Ohio County (WV) -- 5d.) Marshall County (WV) -- 5e.) Select forts in Washington, Beaver, and Greene Counties (PA) -- 6.) Continental and militia troops (1776-1788) -- 7.) The story of John Struthers -- 8.) Simon Girty: a man between -- 9.) Big John Wetzel's sons -- 10.) The Pennsylvania rifle and other weaponry -- CONCLUSION: a broken wilderness.